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Bucktown Tree and GardenWalk 2010

July 10th and 11th

11 am to 5 pm

Please join us for a walk in our neighborhood and explore the 100 private and public gardens which are carefully tended by our residents.   The GuideBook containing the map and descriptions can be picked up for a $5 donation at our Presenting Sponsor, Club Lucky, 1824 W Wabansia.  Walk to a wide variety of gardens or take the free trolley to another part of our one mile square neighborhood to begin your exploration. 

GardenWalk

Some gardens are packed full of flowering species, others create tranquil spaces in our hectic city.  Water features, ponds and koi, sculptures and rocks are all elements of these gardens.  The gardeners are generous to let you see their efforts, please be respectful of the plantings.  While you stroll in the neighborhood also take note of some of the other places you pass, gardens, shops, public spaces, and places to catch a bite or a beverage.  We are proud of our gardens and of our community. 

TreeWalk

Last year we introduced a self Guided Tree Tour to this event.  It was so well received that it is now a permanent part of our event. This year’s TreeWalk includes 100 specific numbered tree locations, and an index of the species.  We have added a Featured Tree of The Year.  In 2010 this tree is the Catalpa.  As you walk you will be able to see many examples at different stages of life  and learn to identify the Catalpa. 

Free Trolley

Please take advantage of the complimentary trolley that is available during the GardenWalk.  Pick it up at any of the stops designated on the Map, or, if traffic permits, wave it down for a personal stop.  

Please contact EvaB@bucktown.org to sign up as a volunteer or become one of our advertisers and sponsors.   

Click here for more information about this event!

Thanks to our Current Sponsors!

Bucktown GardenWalk 2009

The  Bucktown GardenWalk is Saturday and Sunday July 11 and 12, 2009 from 11 am to 5 pm.

Please join us!  Our 100 + urban gardens will be open from 11 am to 5 pm each day.  Starting at the Welcome Table at Club Lucky, 1824 W Wabansia or on the Free Neighborhood Trolley, your $5 donation will get you a GuideBook containing the Garden Map, and the descriptions.  The trolley route is below. 

The Bucktown GardenWalk is unique in our focus on urban gardens.  Many of our Bucktown Gardeners work magic in small spaces, challenging light, water and soil conditions.  We’ve taken on rooftops, parkways and patios while some have side and back yards to garden.  We welcome you this weekend to explore our successes and our treasures as you walk around our one mile square neighborhood.  We are inspired by our neighbor’s gardens and hope that you find some bits of inspiration on your walk.   

New this year is the "Bucktown TreeTour", a self guided walk focused on our tree lined streets. Volunteers have identified over 80 varieties of trees in our neighborhood.  This is a wonderful opportunity to see how trees work with our gardens.  The TreeTour will remain on the website as a resource for tree identification during all seasons in Bucktown. There will be one guided tour offered on Sunday starting at 1pm at Lotties, 1939 W Cortland. Please join us.   

Returning for a second year we present “Art in the Garden” - the Plein Air Painters of Chicago who find inspiration in the neighborhood and are creating new works on the streets and in the gardens.  They will be selling these works each day on Damen Ave at Wabansia. A portion of the proceeds go to the BCO's work.

The Garden Oasis at Club Lucky is our green education venue.  Please stop by to learn about ways to improve your garden, modify your carbon footprint and enjoy the outdoors.  Master Gardeners and Arborists will be available for your questions from noon to 3pm.  Food and beverages are available and music will provide a background for this spot.  After 3pm there will be live music, presented by Club Lucky , to conclude your day in Bucktown.   

Lotties, 1939 W Cortland, will have a free petting zoo on Saturday from Noon to 3pm.  On Sunday meet here at 1pm for the only Guided TreeTour.  Our local businesses have offered specials in the GuideBook, please support them as they have supported us.  Keep your eyes open for other surprises.

There would be no 2009 Bucktown GardenWalk

without the generous support of our Patrons.

 

Silver Maple Sponsors - $700 and above

Club Lucky • 1824 W Wabansia

Lottie's • 1925 W Cortland

The Care of Trees • 312-492-7206

 

Rose Patron – $700

Christy Webber Landscaping • 773-533-0477

 

Lily Patrons – $350 and above

A&N Mortgage Services - Jamie Franz

Bucktown ArtsFest

Cheetah Gym

Chipotle

Cleo’s

Flat Iron Artists' Association

Homemade Pizza

Panera Bread

U of I Extension Master Gardeners

Wicker Park Bucktown SSA

 

Lily Patrons – $200

Alderman Scott Waguespack

American Eagle Bank

Autumn Tree Care Experts

Clean Slate

Cortland's Garage

DOC's Smoothies

Document Technologies (DTI)

Eva Bergant @Properties

Jean Alan– Bucktown House

Littlerock Construction

Loft Six Ten

Northside Cafe

Property Consultants

Silver Cloud Bar & Grill

 

Daisy Patrons - $100

ARCC Ballet

Asrai Garden

Bucktown Chiropractic

Caffe DeLuca

Dexter Electric

ecoGardens

Grace PR

HALO

Howard Orloff

J. Stevens Business Solutions

Larkspur

Map Room

Miko's Italian Ice

Running Away Multisport

Sai Café (Hachi's Kitchen)

Sam Marts Architects & Planners

That Girl

The Pony

Viva La Femme

 

Friends of Bucktown - $50

FruitFlowers

Margie’s Candies

 

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Please join us in thanking them.

  

Bucktown Gardeners THANK YOU for making this a HUGE success.  We have exceeded our goal of 100 gardens for 2009!  Entries are now closed.   

We are in need of volunteers for the event!  

You do not need to be a gardener to get involved!

We need volunteers to help sell ads in the GuideBook, sign up Gardens, deliver balloons the morning of the walk and help at the info tables or on the trolley during the walk.  

Please contact EvaB@bucktown.org for questions or to volunteer.

Thank you to our local businesses and others who support us with thier advertising dollars and wish to reach the Bucktown GardenWalk participants.

Proceeds from the event are reinvested into Bucktown beautification efforts, including the flowers at the Bucktown Wicker Park Library, the community border garden at Churchill Park, the Gateway Green at Cortland/Ashland and gardens at Drummond Montesori School. 

Advertising Information

Thank you to everyone involved in the 2008 Bucktown GardenWalk

Thank you to the estimated 700 GardenWalkers.  We had a fantastic turnout and good weather for the gardens and the artists in the gardens this weekend.  We hope you enjoyed a look at Bucktown and the 78 garden spaces this year!

Download the Garden Guidebook here.  Photos of Bucktown Gardens and GardenWalk moments will be posted soon.

Thanks again to our generous Trolley Sponsors - GardenWalkers enjoyed the ride!

Special thanks also goes to SID graphics for donating time and creativity in producing all of our signs, banners, graphics and the Guidebook design. 

Special thanks to:

Additional thanks to all our patrons and advertisers:

The gardens take many shapes and sizes - from bright pots of annuals or tropicals to parkways, front and back yards and full lots.  There is no prize to win, just the recognition of neighbors,  visitors and the amazing beauty that we create in Bucktown. 

For more information about the Walk, click here.

Proceeds from the event will go towards civic beautification of the Bucktown neighborhood and towards future events. In previous years we have been able to create gardens at the Cortland/Ashland underpass, at Churchill Park on Damen Ave and at Drummond School’s Montessori Greenspace. 

It is going to be a wonderful neighborhood weekend.

Sincerely,

Eva Bergant 

Vice President GardenWalk 2008

For more information, please forward an email to evaB@bucktown.org.

Read the Chicago Tribune Home and Gardening 101 Series, click here.

For info about the Chicago Flower and Garden show, click here.

2009 Gardeners - entries are closed.  please click here to enter your garden, or here to download an entry form.

Click here to download the 2009 GuideBook Form.

We need your advertising dollars to publish our 2009 Bucktown GardenWalk Guidebook. Last year 500 copies of this book went home with the over 700 people who came to participate in this event. This is a great way to promote your business to the neighborhood residents and to the GardenWalkers who came from across the city and suburbs to see our urban gardens. The only guide map for the weekend is in the Guidebook. Proceeds from the event are reinvested into Bucktown beautification efforts, including the flowers at the Bucktown Wicker Park Library, the community border garden at Churchill Park, the Gateway Green at Cortland/Ashland and gardens at Drummond Montesori School. 

Please contact EvaB@bucktown.org for more information on additional benifits and promotional options.... Would you like to sponsor the Trolley during the weekend?